The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-09-02
Hancock made his n,aided speech, q

Hancock made his maided speech, a
strong and impressive, if not eloquent,
appeal to his c%ountrymen not to
separate themselves from the COM
men memories and interests which
had so long bound them together.
Whether this Fourth of July celebra-
ton had any effect upon the disturb
ances can not say, but it was gener-
ally considered to have quieted for a
time the rising spirit OF dissatisfac-
ton, which was assuming an lmpor-
tance manlfestly not illusory."
Referring to the painful scenes
among old army comrades after Sum-
ter was fired upon, Mrs. Hancock
says: "Many conferences were held
in our home in Los Angeles
between my husband and the south
ern officers. who were urged by
their relatives and friends to resign
their commissions and offer their SER
vices to Their own states, as other
Nse III y would be regarded as reneg-
.ules thron .hnut the south. They
y. u.ht the advice OF my husband,
hoping to receive from him some COM
tort or ENCOURAGEMENT, but he could
give none. aud would say to those
lear friends, Armistead, Garnett,
Pickett. and n host OF others whom
he ,ovei: Il can give you no advice,
rs | shall not fight upon the principle
Of state-ri.hts, but for the Union,
whole and undivided, as l do not and
will not belong to q country formed
OF principa!ities. l can not sym.
rathize with you; you must be guild.
FL by Your W convictions and
! hope you will make no mistakes
x \ At that time l was in San
Francisco and had occasion to visit
the headquarters OF General Albert
Sidney Johnston, who was IN COM
mand On the Pacific coast. He met
me that morning and said, with tears
in his eyes: you are not aware that
General Sumner was among tine pas.
| sengers who arrived on the steamer
this morning, and who came to me
unannounced. expecting to catch ME
in REASONABLE intentions. have not
yet seen him, but | understand that
he has been sent out to relieve me OF
my command | replied; General,
you are morbidly sensitive, I think,
and hasty in your conclusions Il
hope that l have been, but why was
| the Generals name omitted in the
passenger list that was sent by the
overland mail? If my suspicious are
correct shall at once resign, and God
knows what then, had intended to
remain where am, as my wife is so
opposed to my giving up a certainty
for an uncertainty 1t was soon
known that General Johnston had re-
signed"
A dramatic scene-on OF q thou.
sand similar ones in those sud days
is set before the reader in the next
passage,
A never-to-be-torgotten evening was
the n spent at IL home by the OF
ticers who were to start upon their
overland trip to the South at 10
o'clock that night. General and Mrs.
Johnston were OF the party.
The most crushed was Major Arm
istead, who with tears, which were
contagious, streaming down bis face,
and hands upon Mr.. Hancock's shoul,
ders, while looking him steadily in the
eye, said: Hancock, good.by; you
can never know what this man cost
me, and Ihope God will strike me
dead if am eve induced to leave
my native soil, should worst come to
worst" Turning to me he placed a
small satchel in my hand requesting
that it should not be opened except
in the event OF his death, in which
case the souvenirs it contained, with
the exception OF a little prayer,
book, intended for me, and which ]
still possess, should be sent to his
family. Oh the fly leaf of this book is
the following: Lewis A. Armistead.
Trust n God and fear nothing" At
the same time he presented Mr. Han
cock with a new maior'suniform, say
ing that 'he might some time need it,
This particular promotion never
came to him as he jumped the grades
from captain to brigadier-eeneral
Armistead died in the way that he
prayed for. !, as we'll as my husband,
believed that he courted the death
that finally came to him at Gettys.
burg, for / have often heard it related
how bravely he came to the front oil
his brigade waving his sword and how
he was shot tn 'ough the body and
fell within orr lines asking to be tax
en- to Hancock's tent. At the same
moment my husband had fallen with
what was. supposed, at the time, tc
! be II mortal wound. Three out OF the
Fix from wl.om we parted on that
evpnin. in LBS Angeles were killed ir
front of General Hancock's troops
aud others wounded. The orders
taking us from Los Angeles soon foil
owed.
captain Hancock made all haste
TO the Capital, which he enormously
! fanrie,l TO BIZ almost within the grasI
OF the Confederate where he was soor
appointed Brig. Gen. by President
Lincoln.
Mrs. Hancock gives an interesting
glimpse OF 'the Martyr President
.MrI l.. ncoln's care-worn face ! recall
rs windy ais then. At one of his lev
ees ii, passing HIM | remarkek that
it would be showing agreater consider
alton if | were to refuse his profferef
hand, as he must be weary enough O
handshaking. To this he replied il
never-to-be-forgotten tones: 'Ah, i
this were all l were called upon to do
how willingly would it be done for al
time; but to say no to thepoorunfor
tunate who come to me, in the be
lief that I am all powerful tt
pronounce that little word o
only three letters, and who do not
and will not understand that I car
not act always as l wish, but have
Others to consult-this keeps me al
ways unhappy Mr.. Stanton fire
quently said to me: Mr.. Lincoln ha'
the biggest heart OF any mar in thu
world. and for that reason we hav,
to watch him, or the Southern WON
en-, with their winning ways, would
get his pei mission to carry with then
enough contraband goods to supply
the Southern army"
The battle OF Williamsburg wal
Hancock's FIRST triumphant success
He wrote to his wife: "On this oc